erl_boot_server

Boot Server for Other Erlang Machines

This server is used to assist diskless Erlang nodes which fetch
all Erlang code from another machine.

This server is used to fetch all code, including the start
script, if an Erlang runtime system is started with
the -loader inet command line flag. All hosts specified
with the -hosts Host command line flag must have one
instance of this server running.

This server can be started with the kernel configuration
parameter start_boot_server.

Warning!

The support for loading of code from archive files is
experimental. The sole purpose of releasing it before it is ready
is to obtain early feedback. The file format, semantics,
interfaces etc. may be changed in a future release.

Functions

start(Slaves) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, What}

Slaves = [Host]

Host = atom()

Pid = pid()

What = term()

Starts the boot server. Slaves is a list of IP
addresses for hosts which are allowed to use this server as a
boot server.

start_link(Slaves) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, What}

Slaves = [Host]

Host = atom()

Pid = pid()

What = term()()

Starts the boot server and links to the caller. This function
is used to start the server if it is included in a supervision
tree.